Each week Christine and Salt interview the Badass Woman of the Week, a feature that aims to reward women who have overcome a challenge and emerged stronger as a result. Each Badass Woman wins an empowering B Badass bracelet from The Power to B and is featured on-air Fridays at 7:15 A.M. with Christine and Salt in the morning.
This week's honorees are sisters Michelle Crowley of Bristol and Jessica Narkawicz of Tolland. The fierce and fabulous Michelle nominated both her and her sister, and we think that's awesome so this week we have a first — TWO Badass Women of the Week! Michelle writes, "My sister and I are badass women!! Jessica is a high school teacher with two kids, a husband and a dog. I work for the Bristol Board of Education, have three kids and a husband. We have gone through a lot together. We mourned the loss of our father who died in a horrible car crash. We mourned the loss of our beloved grandmother. A few years ago I also lost my brother at a young age (Jess and I have different moms) and, just recently I lost my family pet, my dog Oliver. It has been a difficult road with all of this tragedy in our lives. Through all of the sadness and so many losses, we were there for each other and it just bonded us even closer. She's always the one I call when I need comforting - she's always there for me. We support each other and make time for one another even though we both are running our households, carting kids around and working full time. I think in this current world we are in ALL women are badasses for what we have to do in order to support our families and wear as many hats as we do — mom, wife, friend, sister, aunt, grandma etc. I just wanted to recognize my sister and myself because I am sure there are more women like us who just get up and keep going with a smile on their faces, not letting on to anyone on the outside what we are dealing with inside." Michelle, thank you for sharing what you're feeling on the inside so ALL women can be reminded of their badass-ery (yep, that's a word). Check out Michelle and Jessica's interview with Christine and Salt below.
Celebrating Michelle's 50th birthdayMichelle Crowley
